Lord Beaverbrook and Mr. Baldwin Lord Beaverbrook, in his speech
at Nottingham . on Friday, April nth; said that he was quite satisfied with Mr. Baldwin. He seems, however, to be greatly dis- satisfied with the Conservative Party. Not all Con- servatives, he finds, interpret the agreement on food taxes as he interprets it himself. He understood it as an undertaking by Mr. Baldwin "that he would not look back until he had given us our keystone—a tax on foreign foodstuffs." This being so, he is surprised that any Conservative should argue that the Conservative Party is not committed to food taxes. His interpretation, however, is not ours. Lord Beavcrbrook claims the right to excommunicate from the Conservative Party, and exclude from the next Conservative Administration, all who do not agree with him. Among these he includes Lord Eustace Percy and Mr. Ormsby-Gore. The Daily Express of Monday was obviously referring to them when it said : "Unless . Mr. Baldwin muzzles or changes his advisers the Conservatives will emerge from the polls a beaten, disrupted and discredited Party." - *
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